Yesterday

So, yesterday, the idiots came out in full force. Not such a biggy now that I've slept on it, but still. What is with people? o_O

I went to get some lunch and on my way back I entered a long bottleneck of cars. Well, some old fart that thinks he owns the road flipped me off for not pulling over. He had room too. The funny thing is that this dude gets all dressed up on Sundays. Yeah. Real Christian there. Pfft.

Then, well, I won't talk about that one.

And finally, this girl that has started showing up in a chat group I hang out at is trying to destroy my reputation or something. She claims to be a 54 year old grandma, but she sounds like she's a high schooler.

Three days ago she was attacking an acquaintance, so I pm'd her that she had the situation wrong. We debated about it in a civilized manner for a while, then she insulted me, I insulted her back, she insulted me twice more, and I blocked her from contacting me again. Five minutes later she goes back in the chat room and says, Manda, please stop harassing me. I told her that I wasn't aware that I was and she was welcome to report and block me. And she says she wasn't report happy. Whatever.

Last night, she was back at it. She thanked me for insulting her and typed up a dumbed down version of what I said to her. People that don't know the group that well were comforting her. It was disgusting. Then the rest of the night, whatever I said, she'd attack. I didn't respond to any of it. Just ignored her existence completely. Some of it was so funny, I had to laugh.

But anywho... stupid people make me feel smart. :3 I think I need people to insult me every now and then. It's odd. I have a low self image. But when I'm on the defensive or whatever, I have a high self image. O_o It's like I care more about polite people thinking bad things of me than of rude people actually saying bad things of me. Somebody slap me. Hahaha.

Currently: Chowing on donuts and banging my head around to new music. Cha.

This Week in Nature...

We will be talking about the twenty three or so ant colonies living in my front yard. Every day I meet and greet with these little dudes while trying to keep two curious chihuahuas from getting into trouble.

Course' we have some ant poison on the coffee table waiting to be spread about the yard, but this reporter has been sick all week... and in no mood to do anything but hurry along the business of her companions.

What makes these dudes so interesting is the shape of their homes. They create a crater like bed around a central tunnel. It's hard to see from this picture, but the sides actually fold over like an ocean wave. After a storm, it really is something to see... as several tall precarious structures dot the yard.


Each bed surrounds a wide central tunnel. During the day there isn't much activity, but when rush hour rolls around, you can see tons of ants entering and exiting.


They have tiny, pale, red brown bodies and seem to favor the shamrock leaves as their burden of choice. There are tons of ant species but these dudes seem new to our neighborhood. Most of our ants in past years come in three varieties; The fire ants which are killed off quickly, early in the season; The little brown ants that build their homes in cracks, instead of beds, and generally go unnoticed; And the little black ants that build massive beds, about one every seven houses apart.

I really do need to get that poison out. Kill em' off. I've almost grown attached, though. But no, I'll not be holding any funerals. :P

Currently: Hacking and coughing.

Its a Me!!!!

I think I'm getting better at this artistic thing... looky! I drew mah self.

This little diddy is the best self cartoonage I've ever drawn. One new lesson learned... stop trying to hide that big chin of mine! Cartoonists AMPLIFY the quirks... not hide them. V_V So... I'm all happy. I learned a new trick.


I think anyone who has seen me... known me... etcetera... can attest to this being me. :D I'm a wearer of hairbands and I do lubb my Christmas PJs. And this particular top says alot about me. Am I a good girl, or a rude a... er, person.

Yep... proud and excited... and a little dorky I be.

Currently: Multi-chat-tasking.

When You Can't Entertain

You do quizzes...

Duh!

You Were Actually Born Under:

You are quick witted, charming, and bring luck to all who know you. A bit greedy, you tend to go after what you want - with success. Clever, you seek out knowledge... and eventually use what you know to your advantage. You are very loyal, and you treat your real friends like they are family. You are most compatible with a Dragon or Monkey.

You Should Have Been Born Under:

You are totally loyal, faithful, and honest. However, you don't trust others to be as ethical as you are! Straight forward and direct, you really aren't one for small talk. You are a great listener - and an agreeable companion when you're in a good mood! You are most compatible with a Tiger or Horse.

What Year Were You Born Under?

Tri-Lamb Material 65 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 56% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Dork, earning you the coveted title of: Tri-Lamb Material. The classic, "80's" nerd, you are what most people think of when they think "nerd," largely due to 80's movies like Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Head of the Class. You're exceptionally bright and smart, and partly because of that have never quite fit in with your peers or social groups. Perhaps you've realized, or will someday, that it is possible to retain all of the things that you like about being brilliant and still make peace with the social cliques around you. Or maybe you won't--it's really not necessary. As the brothers of Lambda Lambda Lambda discovered, you're fine just the way you are and can take pride in that. I mean, who wants to be like Ogre, right!? Congratulations! Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on nerdiness You scored higher than 99% on geekosity You scored higher than 99% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Currently: Wondering how I drank this Dr. Pepper so fast.

They're Retarded!

What is with the newsies attacking myspace lately? Every day it's "blah blah blah and is your kids in danger on myspace dot com?". Geeyah! Another classic example of annoying clueless reporters trying to stir up panic.

Why are they leaving livejournal, xanga, and blogger out of it? It says in the myspace terms that you aren't allowed to post personal info or nudity. Okay? All of these sites have similar terms. It's not myspace's fault that people choose to post this stuff. It's the user's fault. Just like it's not the gun's fault that someone chooses to shoot someone with it. It's not the knife's fault that someone chooses to stab someone with it. It's not the car's fault that someone chooses to run someone over with it. It's not McDonald's fault that someone chooses to over indulge and become a blimp from it. People want to blame everything else but themselves for their incredible stupidity.

Don't even get me started.

Currently: Coughing

Schoolin

I became a Teachers Aide for a day... for kindergarten.

I tried to sleep last night, but didn't get a wink. So yes, I was a bit zombified. Then I drove to the school and wasn't in there five minutes before someone came in and said a white Camry out there had a flat tire. Of course it was mine! A nice shiny screw was the culprit. Where do all the screws come from!?! Are people throwing their tools out of their windows willy nilly?

I helped the kids pay attention to their task... coloring in the scales of a fish. When they completed that, I walked them to the box to turn them in. Then had them write their names on the top of their little booklets. Then they read the book to me.

Gas makes it go!

Cars need gas. Gas makes it go. Trucks need gas. Gas makes it go. Boats need gas. Gas makes it go. Lawn Mowers need gas. Gas makes it go. What else needs gas? Big rigs need gas. Gas makes it go. Big rigs give gas.

Yeah. That's what most of my day was like. We also colored in those books after they were read and watched a movie. Always did love The Land Before Time series. I had to keep pulling boys back to sit next to me.

Oh but we did have some drama too. After the kindergartners went to PE where Ron works (Kathy's friend's husband who also changed my tire) I stayed in the office answering phones. Three girls got pulled in from recess with green hair. They dyed their hair semi permanent on the playground! haha. Then a bunch of people started screaming in the nearby cafeteria. The the teachers started running down the hall yelling about a fight. Two girls started it which got the whole cafeteria going crazy.

Ah, to be back at a wholesome elementary school.

Currently: Reflecting

The Deeper You Get

Disclaimer: The following is heavy in self-mopage and should be ignored. :P

I have this vision of a Vietnam soldier dude walking through a swampy rice field with his machine gun held above the water. The farther he goes to get out, the deeper he sinks until only his hands holding the gun are above the water... and there are bubbles... still moving forward... and then the bubbles stop.

What a lovely vision to have. But that's how I felt today going grocery shopping.

All day today I have been extremely moody. From tearing up over a stupid movie to being short fused over my the Mommy. I'm PMSing. So then Mom wants to go grocery shopping. She wouldn't write out a list, no, she has to come with. My mother can easily spend three hours buying milk. She's indecisive and she has to read the labels. With my mood and my back acting up, I was so not looking forward to it.

When I got there I had to pull her wheel chair out of the trunk, but I bent over wrong setting it on the ground so instant back pain. Didn't even get twenty pain free minutes.

Turning my buggy around in the toilet paper isle made my finger nail pull backwards. Ow.

While we were searching for dog treats I had a stress related twitch. My right leg wanted to kick backwards but the rubber of shoes kept my foot in place. This resulted in a mightily sharp pain in my knee cap.

Limping around the store caused my left calf to become stressed. This resulted in my right heel becoming itchy and painful. Then my left thigh started hurting. After that it was my right hip. That caught up to my achey tail bone and back. THEN I KNOCKED MY ELBOW AGAINST A SHELF!!!! This was not fun. I was limping around like some messed up weirdo, pushing a horribly heavy pull-to-the-right buggy, while ignoring the ever so many 'are you sure your okay?'s from my mother.

That's not even the worse that happened tonight, but I won't bore or gross you out with those details. Needless to say, it was a nightmare. Did I mention the mega sinus headache?

Currently: Recovering

You Know What?

I just wrote this hugely long post revealing all my little secrets... but I couldn't go through with it.

So instead of some long ranting heart wrenching melodramatic tale of my inner workings, let me just try to entertain you...

...

Right. Wasn't that fun?

Currently: Waiting for my ship to come in